CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Live Sound: Tools of the Trade: How Boundaries Affect Loudspeakers

Pro Sound Web: "It’s nearly impossible to mount a loudspeaker in a room without placing it near a room boundary.
Some logical questions arise:
1. Does this affect the response?
2. Is the effect good or bad?
3. Can I use the boundary to my advantage?
4. Will treatment help?
And, can room boundaries be a “tool of the trade”?"

1 comment:

Ethan Weil said...

I continue to be amazed at how scientific some of the research into issues like this is becoming. It's great to see more hard numbers, after so many books on the subject of speaker design and placement spout out theory, but aren't based on actual systematic study. There have been resources around for modeling such things for a while, but never anything that most folks had access to.